Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/niþer

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *niþra

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *niter (“down”). Compare Sanskrit नितराम् (nitarā́m, “down, downwards”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni.θer/

Adverb

*niþer

  1. down, downwards

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*niþera-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
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